{"id":1751018,"date":"2022-11-25T07:52:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T12:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751018"},"modified":"2022-11-25T08:04:58","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T13:04:58","slug":"biden-contradicts-karine-jean-pierres-talking-points-on-looming-rail-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-contradicts-karine-jean-pierres-talking-points-on-looming-rail-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Contradicts Karine Jean-Pierre&#8217;s Talking Points on Looming Rail Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-contradicts-karine-jean-pierres-talking-points-on-looming-rail-strike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1751018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"contain\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>President Biden answered a handful of questions on Thanksgiving Day on the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Biden<\/a> contradicted White House officials on Thursday, claiming not to have been directly in touch with either side in the looming national rail-road strike.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden told reporters in Nantucket, Massachusetts that negotiations between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/category\/fox-news-labor-unions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unions representing railroad workers<\/a> and their employers were ongoing. The president added since the talks were ongoing, he himself had not engaged directly with any of the parties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My team has been in touch with all the parties, in rooms with the parties,&#8221; said Biden. &#8220;I have not directly engaged yet because they&#8217;re still talking.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Biden&#8217;s remarks contradict those of White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who said earlier this week that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/rail-strike-looming-white-house-wont-say-how-biden-directly-involved-negotiations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden was &#8220;directly involved&#8221;<\/a> in the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/another-rail-union-rejects-deal-escalating-strike-threat-ahead-of-holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ANOTHER RAIL UNION REJECTS DEAL, ESCALATING STRIKE THREAT AHEAD OF HOLIDAYS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/931\/523\/Joe-Biden-Nantucket-Thanksgiving-Rail-Strike.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Biden speaks as he meets with firefighters in Nantucket, Massachusetts\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Biden, standing next to Nantucket Fire Department Chief Michael Cranson, left, talks during a visit with firefighters on Thanksgiving Day at the Nantucket Fire Department in Nantucket, Massachusetts, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022.<\/span><span> (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh \/ AP Newsroom)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/931\/523\/Biden-7.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"President Biden\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>&#8220;I have not directly engaged yet because they&#8217;re still talking,&#8221; President Biden said.<\/span><span> (Saul Young\/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP, Pool \/ AP Newsroom)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The president is indeed involved directly,&#8221; said Jean-Pierre. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to get into the details at this time, but he has been involved. He remains focused on protecting America&#8217;s families.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/rail-strike-looming-white-house-wont-say-how-biden-directly-involved-negotiations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WITH RAIL STRIKE LOOMING, WHITE HOUSE WON&#8217;T SAY HOW BIDEN IS &#8216;DIRECTLY INVOLVED&#8217; IN NEGOTIATIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/another-rail-union-rejects-deal-escalating-strike-threat-ahead-of-holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>rejected a tentative agreement<\/u><\/a> with the nation&#8217;s major freight railroads. The union&#8217;s decision has raised prospects of nationwide railroad strike that could seriously impact the economy ahead of the holiday season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/931\/523\/08a7071d-KARINE-JEAN-PIERRE-11-2-22.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Karine Jean-Pierre at podium White House\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>&#8220;The president is indeed involved directly,&#8221; said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre earlier this week.<\/span><span> (Oliver Contreras\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Administration officials have been scrambling to find a compromise to avert the strike. At least one union official involved in the negotiations has suggested that Biden has been largely <a href=\"https:\/\/video.foxbusiness.com\/v\/6316020352112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>absent from negotiations<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre dismissed such talk, however, during a White House press conference on Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline image-ct\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/931\/523\/railroad-strike-11.15.22.jpeg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Prospects are high of a nationwide railroad strike that could seriously impact the economy ahead of the holiday season.\u00a0<\/span><span> (Luis Sinco \/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This is the third time I&#8217;m saying he&#8217;s been directly involved,&#8221; Jean-Pierre said. &#8220;You&#8217;re talking about one union president. There are 12. You&#8217;re talking about one.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has been directly involved,&#8221; she said when pressed by reporters. &#8220;I&#8217;m not going to get into more details on that, but you&#8217;re talking about one president out of 12.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden answered a handful of questions on Thanksgiving Day on the island of Nantucket in Massachusetts. 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